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The Irish food Writing Awards 2022 are now open for entries!

The Irish Food Writing Awards 2022 have just opened for entries for journalists, food writers, chefs, photographers and online content on Irish food. The awards were established last year to recognise and celebrate the high quality of food and drink ...

13 Apr 2022 at 16:00

National News

President leads tributes after passing of Ireland's most famous travel writer

President Michael D. Higgins has paid tribute to a beloved Waterford travel writer following her passing aged 90. Dervla Murphy wrote over 25 books throughout her life documenting her travels across the world by bicycle. Born in Lismore, she left ...

24 May 2022 at 14:15

National News

'Nothing broken forever' - Domestic abuse survivor who was on brink of suicide releases book

A domestic abuse survivor who became a “ghost” of her former self after years of “trauma” from living with her ex, losing more than four stone, becoming a drug addict, and nearly taking her own life, has said “you may be broken, but nothing is ...

13 May 2023 at 14:37

Lifestyle

Sex Education star Patricia Allison: I’ve learned boundaries are extremely important

Patricia Allison misses Ola Nyman, the character she portrayed on Netflix’s Sex Education. “I really do,” Allison admits. “Ola taught me a lot of great things. She’s Swedish, [and] straight in the way she deals with her emotions. “With people,...

14 Jul 2023 at 08:30

Arts & Entertainment

New Seamus Heaney Centre to open next year

Queen’s University Belfast has announced a £4.9 million new landmark venue for the Seamus Heaney Centre, which will open for staff, students and the public early next year. The reimagined space at the listed buildings in University Road and ...

21 Aug 2023 at 15:39

Local News

Writer with Offaly roots set to launch debut novel in Birr this month

An Irish writer with Offaly roots is launching her debut novel in Birr this month. Frances Browner's novel 'A Bronx Summer' will be launched by local Banagher historian James Scully at Birr Library on Wednesday November 29 at 6pm. A ...

17 Nov 2023 at 08:33

Home

Ploughing legend Anna May to launch writing project for older Offaly citizens

THE new writing project, “The Way We Were”, will be launched at the Older Persons Network Gathering on Thursday, May 13 next at 2.30pm. This will be a great event, it will get all connected again and help them plan future ...

05 May 2021 at 15:48

Offalyexpress

Attention Playwrights! SCRIPTS: Ireland’s Playwriting Festival seeks new works

Calling the writers, poets, dreamers, and schemers. Scripts is seeking new plays to inspire, inject, invent, invoke, and incite. The theme this year is DREAMS. From the large dreams for the future to the micro dreams of ...

12 Feb 2018 at 12:57

Lifestyle

5 new books to read this week

Jojo Moyes returns with a multi-generational family drama… Fiction We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes is published in hardback by Michael Joseph, priced £22 (ebook £11.99). Available now Jojo Moyes smartly captures how ...

12 Feb 2025 at 11:55

Lifestyle

Top crime writer Mark Billingham: I know what it’s like to be scared

Bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham is recalling the fear he felt when he was held hostage by three masked men who bound and gagged him in a Manchester hotel room, punched him in the face and forced him down ...

18 Feb 2025 at 08:00

Lifestyle

Lynda La Plante on her farewell to Tennison: ‘She’s lived with me for a long time’

How does a character that’s spanned years of a writer’s glittering career get given a send off? If you’re acclaimed author Lynda La Plante, then that famous character doesn’t go quietly or without a fight. This ...

02 Jul 2024 at 11:05

Lifestyle

6 podcasts to listen to this week

Are you great at creating playlists? Want to hear more about the rise of British tennis player Katie Boulter? Or a fan of Keke Palmer and Ayo Edebiri? Then you’ll be spoilt for choice this week. 1. Make Me A ...

04 Jul 2024 at 08:30

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